Cora Tso is a Senior Research Fellow at Arizona State University (ASU)’s Kyl Center for Water Policy. In this role, Cora works to research, analyze, and develop recommendations related to Arizona Tribal water policy, including analyzing Tribal Nations’ interests, needs and opportunities in regulatory and legislative processes, collaborating with Tribal leadership and representatives, government agencies, and stakeholders in connection with the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative (AWII) and building productive, lasting relationships between the Kyl Center and the Tribal water policy and legal community.
Previously, Cora has worked with governmental, private, and non-profit organizations focusing on Indian law, water law, and environmental law and policy matters. Tso is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She is of the Reed People clan and born for the Black Streaked Wood clan. Her maternal grandparents are of the Bitterwater clan and her paternal grandparents are of the Red House clan. She was born and raised on the Navajo reservation and is originally from Shonto, Arizona. Tso earned her Juris Doctor degree with a Certificate in Indian Law from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU and her Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science and minor American Indian Studies from Barrett, the Honors College at ASU.